. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . umage havingbeen partially assumed; the wing-coverts are chiefly of a greyish-browncolour; the primary quills greyish-black, without white at the end; thesecondary blackish-grey, margined and tipped with white, finely undulatedwith brown. The rump is white; the tail greyish-black, tipped with white;the whole outer web of the outer, and the basal half of that of the nextfeather white; the lower wing-coverts dusky-grey. All the lower parts aregreyish-white, obscurely mottled with pale brownish-grey. Length t
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . umage havingbeen partially assumed; the wing-coverts are chiefly of a greyish-browncolour; the primary quills greyish-black, without white at the end; thesecondary blackish-grey, margined and tipped with white, finely undulatedwith brown. The rump is white; the tail greyish-black, tipped with white;the whole outer web of the outer, and the basal half of that of the nextfeather white; the lower wing-coverts dusky-grey. All the lower parts aregreyish-white, obscurely mottled with pale brownish-grey. Length to end of tail 27 inches; bill along the ridge 2|-, along the edge oflower mandible 3T22-, its height at the base |§, at the angle ||; wing fromflexure 17i; tail Ik, tarsus 2j£; middle toe 2^, its claw -ff. From the above description, it will be seen that in proportions and colour-ing this species does not difler much from L. argentatus. It is muchlarger, however; its bill is deeper and stronger in a very conspicuous degree,and its tarsi and toes are considerably longer. I? 90. n**8.
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